Identifies rocks and minerals and provides fundamental geological information.

This book describes how rocks and minerals are formed by geological processes, and how they are used in our lives.

Explains how to start and organize a rock collection; provides detailed descriptions of hundreds of minerals with information on geographic distribution, physical properties, chemical composition, and crystalline structures; and includes 385 color photographs.

Profiles rocks, minerals, and plant and animal fossils, with in-depth descriptions of their qualities and properties, an introduction to how rocks and fossils form, and how they are classified.

Discusses the differences between rocks and minerals, their formation and composition, how they are mined, how they are used now, and how they may be used in the future.

With this book, you'll experience the excitement of finding, collecting, and identifying rocks and minerals.

Ms. Frizzle's class goes on a field trip to the western U.S. in order to study rocks and minerals.

On April 28, 2009 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) amended the requirements for stack testing and opacity observations for the Nonmetallic Mineral Processing Industry. These requirements, known by this industry as OOO standards, will affect facilities that commenced construction modification, or reconstruction after April 22, 2008. This guide is organized in two parts: Part I -Who is Subject to Subpart OOO? and Part II - What are the Old...